A lot of dogs are adopted at the age of 6-8 weeks.\u00a0 They then go into a dog free environment to avoid infectious diseases, due to a weak immune system, until they are fully vaccinated.\u00a0 However, 6-16 weeks of age prove to be one of the most important socialization periods for young dogs.\u00a0 This is the time when they learn to interact with other dogs and learn how to act in a pack.\u00a0 Therefore if they are not socialized during this period of time, they may not know the dos and don\u2019ts associated with pack like behavior.<\/p>\n
So, how do you go about solving this?\u00a0 Puppies should still interact with healthy dogs during the most important socialization period in their lives.\u00a0 However, this does not mean to take them to dog parks and to pet stores.\u00a0 The interaction periods should occur during a controlled environment with only healthy fully vaccinated dogs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A lot of dogs are adopted at the age of 6-8 weeks.\u00a0 They then go into a dog free environment to avoid infectious diseases, due to a weak immune system, until they are fully vaccinated.\u00a0 However, 6-16 weeks of age prove to be one of the most important socialization periods for young dogs.\u00a0 This is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,31,33,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-pet-health-wellness","category-pet-rescue-adoption","category-you-your-pet"],"yoast_head":"\n